Alan Quinlan is in line to make his competitive return for Munster at the Ospreys tomorrow night after the flanker was named among the replacements for the Celtic League clash.
Quinlan has not played for the Heineken Cup finalists since sustaining a knee injury against Sale last October but will hope to feature at some stage at the Liberty Stadium.
Elsewhere, there are rare starts in the front row for Eugene McGovern and Denis Fogarty while Paul O'Connell, named IRUPA player of the year last night, partners Mick O'Driscoll in the second-row.
In the back division, Mike Prendergast continues to deputise for Peter Stringer at scrumhalf while Christian Cullen moves from full-back to outside centre.
Opsreys: 1 -Duncan Jones captain, 2 — Barry Williams , 3 -Adam Jones , 4 — Alun-Wyn Jones, 5 — Ian Evans, 6 — Andrew Lloyd, 7 — Steven Tandy, 8 — Jonathan Thomas, 9 — Jason Spice, 10 — Shaun Connor, 11 — Shane Williams, 12- Gavin Henson, 13 -Sonny Parker, 14 — Richard Mustoe, 15 — Stefan Terblanche. Replacements: Huw Bennett, Paul James, Lyndon Bateman, James Bater, Matthew Jones, Andrew Bishop, Jonathan Vaughton
Munster: 1-Eugene McGovern, 2- Denis Fogarty, 3- John Hayes, 4- Mick O'Driscoll, 5- Paul O'Connell, 6- Stephen Keogh, 7- Denis Leamy, 8- Anthony Foley captain, 9-Mike Prendergast, 10- Ronan O'Gara, 11- Mossy Lawlor, 12- Trevor Halstead, 13- Christian Cullen, 14- Anthony Horgan, 15- Shaun Payne. Replacements: Tim Ryan, Damian Varley, Donncha O'Callaghan, John O'Sullivan, Alan Quinlan, Tomas O'Leary, Gary Connolly
